How to Order Food in GermanA Cappuccino to go, please!
Visiting Germany is all fun and games until you wake up in the morning and realize that you don't know how to get your daily dose of caffeine. But don't despair! Here is a simple but complete guide for all you coffee addicts.
How to order food in German is one of those skills that doesn't come to mind when you're at home studying vocabulary. But it will definitely come to mind when you are starting to feel hungry after a night out in Berlin.
In this blog post, we'll show you how to order food in German, no matter whether you like Argentinian steaks, Singaporian black pepper crab, or are on a strictly vegan diet.
How to Order Food
At a very basic level, ordering some food at a German takeaway goes something like this:
Now that's at a Pommesbude: The langauge here is more casual and not very formal. You do find this kind of language in many German restaurants though, especially in Berlin.
How to Order Food at a Restaurant
How to Ask for the Bill
We wrote a whole article on how to ask for the bill in German, so you can check that out if you're interested.
A very basic example for asking for the bill goes like this: